This girl I've been dating gave me Run With the Hunted by Charles Bukowski for my birthday last week. I hadn't read anything of his before. I read most of this book last week on flights between Minneapolis and San Jose, and in a hotel room in Santa Clara.

Near the end of the book, there's a poem called This, the last stanza of which reads:

Quote:
humanity
you sick
motherfucker

Around that, she bracketed a note saying: "When I read this, I hear your voice in my head."

It's a good book, but I don't know what to make of that.

Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:28 pm

AirTreesWaterAnimals

Joined: 31 Jul 2004
Posts: 2987

PatrickBateman wrote: Ishmael.

What do you think of it so far? I like Daniel Quinn's writing, but I haven't picked up a book of his in years.

Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:26 pm

AirTreesWaterAnimals

Joined: 31 Jul 2004
Posts: 2987

Harpsichord wrote: Refuting Evolution

Done in 143 pages I see. What do you think of it?

Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:33 pm

pedavis

Joined: 03 May 2007
Posts: 1425
Location: Illinois, US

HP:7 (harry potter 7). i agree with the previous mentioned comment. not a very epic ending. kind've left me with questions. i foresee maybe another coming out.

i was given the metamorphosis by franz kafka (sp?) awhile ago. my friend that handed it to me said it was all the rage. anyone have an opinion they'd care to share?

Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:42 pm

mzehe916

Joined: 04 Aug 2006
Posts: 4544
Location: Switzerland

pedavis wrote:
i was given the metamorphosis by franz kafka (sp?) awhile ago. my friend that handed it to me said it was all the rage. anyone have an opinion they'd care to share?

I don't know about it being "the rage," but it is a great read. I couldn't tell you how many times I've read it, and have continued to enjoy it (it was part of my bathroom library for quite some time). Start with Metamorphosis, then move on to his novels. In my opinion, you can't go wrong with Kafka.

Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:54 pm

OM3N

Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 1297
Location: Thailand

I like this book a lot. Even moreso than "The Kite Runner"

I thought this would be interesting, but I have to admit it nearly bored me to tears

pedavis wrote:
i was given the metamorphosis by franz kafka (sp?) awhile ago. my friend that handed it to me said it was all the rage. anyone have an opinion they'd care to share?

I don't know about it being "the rage," but it is a great read. I couldn't tell you how many times I've read it, and have continued to enjoy it (it was part of my bathroom library for quite some time). Start with Metamorphosis, then move on to his novels. In my opinion, you can't go wrong with Kafka.

I like the hunger artist more, as well as the Penal Colony. There's like a collected short stories of kafka edition out there is worth the having.

Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:04 am

mzehe916

Joined: 04 Aug 2006
Posts: 4544
Location: Switzerland

futuristxen wrote:

mzehe916 wrote:

pedavis wrote:
i was given the metamorphosis by franz kafka (sp?) awhile ago. my friend that handed it to me said it was all the rage. anyone have an opinion they'd care to share?

I don't know about it being "the rage," but it is a great read. I couldn't tell you how many times I've read it, and have continued to enjoy it (it was part of my bathroom library for quite some time). Start with Metamorphosis, then move on to his novels. In my opinion, you can't go wrong with Kafka.

I like the hunger artist more, as well as the Penal Colony. There's like a collected short stories of kafka edition out there is worth the having.

Very much so. "Franz Kafka: The Complete Stories" the edition I have has a foreword by John Updike. Pretty much a must have and the shorter stories in the end are about a pooh's length. Buy it now.

Sat Aug 04, 2007 5:11 pm

Mikal kHill

Joined: 29 Jun 2002
Posts: 6852
Location: http://mikalkhill.com

I'm flipping between all of these....

I don't always agree with what he says, but he's still amusing and periodically thought provoking.
Thompson's early shit...
Depressing as all fuck!
My favorite current comic...
Finihsed it hte other night, but I'm going to reread it.
I think this literary hallmark needs no explanation.

-kHill

Sat Aug 04, 2007 6:17 pm

MP3DStraaaange FAMOUS!

Joined: 28 Apr 2005
Posts: 2623

Cant you hear me calling, the life of Bill Monroe, the father of Bluegrass.

by Richard d. Smith

BILL MONROE IS MORE HIPHOP THAN YOU!!!!!

Sat Aug 04, 2007 6:22 pm

futuristxen

Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 19377
Location: Tighten Your Bible Belt

Bunnicula is more hiphop than bill monroe. Sorry.

Sat Aug 04, 2007 6:27 pm

Mahler

Joined: 06 May 2003
Posts: 407

m hanora wrote:

futuristxen wrote: I need to get up on my Marget Atwood. I've never read any of her books. Only heard her spoken of in various tones by varying degrees of people.

GET UP
GET UP
GET UP
GET UP

is that loud enough

don't bother.
don't bother.
don't bother.
don't bother.

Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:21 am

Captiv8

Joined: 25 Aug 2006
Posts: 8546
Location: Third Coast

Just finished V. by Pynchon. Simply incredible. I haven't read anything else by him but I was fixated on this book the entire time. His prose is unlike anything I've read, and this has to rank among one of the finest examples of experimental fiction. Well, I'm not sure what the qualifications for a title like that are exactly, but the non-linear storyline, the thought-memory descriptions, and the surreal quality of the entire book blow me away. If I could write anything half this good I'd be famous. It's not too late.